Born in Matamata in 1961, O'Brien trained as a journalist in Auckland and worked as a newspaper reporter in Northland. He graduated from the University of Auckland.[1]
His work has appeared in Islands, Landfall, Sport, Meanjin and Scripsi. He lives in Wellington.
"Rocks, Te Namu Pa, Taranaki"; "Untitled"; "Beausoleil", "European", Shearsman 59
"Printmaking Studio of John Drawbridge, Island Bay, Wellington", Shearsman 67/68
"Wet Jacket Arm", Jacket 35, Early 2008
Location of the Least Person (opening with the ‘Old Man South Road’ sequence), was published in Auckland in 1987
Dunes and Barns (1988)
Man with a Child’s Violin (1990)
Great Lake (Sydney, 1991)
Malachi, a charming verse novella (Adelaide, 1993)
Days Beside Water, Auckland in 1993
Winter I Was (Victoria University Press, 1999)
Afternoon of an Evening Train (Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2005)
Noveledit
Diesel Mystic (1989),
Anthologiesedit
Vincent O'Sullivan, ed. (1987). An Anthology of twentieth century New Zealand poetry. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-558163-8.
Criticismedit
"Running Dog The Poetry of Ken Bolton", Sport 16: Autumn 1996
After Bathing At Baxter's, Victoria University Press, 2002.
News of the Swimmer Reaches Shore (Carcanet Press, Manchester, 2007)
A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal (Learning Media Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand, 2007)
Editoredit
Jenny Bornholdt; Gregory O'Brien; Mark Williams, eds. (1997). An anthology of New Zealand poetry in English. Oxford University Press New Zealand. ISBN978-0-19-558338-0.
Referencesedit
^. Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 9 September 2009.
^"New Year honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
External linksedit
"O'Brien, Gregory ", Aotearoa New Zealand Poetry Sound Archive
December 15, 2023
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